The patients visiting the OPDs of the hospitals associated with medical colleges of the state would also get the facility of free diagnostic facilities. The patients having the health cards of the Mukhyamantri Swasthya Bima Yojna (MSBY) and cards of released by any department of Uttarakgand government would be eligible for the free pathology tests. In a letter directed to the director Medical education and the Principals of the government medical colleges of Dehradun, Srinagar and Haldwani, the Secretary medical education department D Senthil Pandian said that all such cards which are released by December 30, 2016would be eligible for this scheme. Earlier the scheme was applicable in the government hospitals only.
Named as Mukhyamantri Nishulk Janch Yojna, the scheme offers benefit no charge for 30 types of pathology tests. These tests include nine type of clinical pathology tests, ten types of biochemistry (sugar, S creatinine, SGPT etc), serology tests, ECG, X-ray and Urine analysis.